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Concerning the choice of the <code style="color:darkgreen">grfid</code>, see [[Action8#GRFID|these]] guidelines |
Concerning the choice of the <code style="color:darkgreen">grfid</code>, see [[Action8#GRFID|these]] guidelines |
Latest revision as of 07:18, 11 April 2015
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GRF block
Syntax:
grf { grfid: <literal-string>; name: <string>; desc: <string>; version: <expression>; min_compatible_version: <expression>; [url: <string>;] [param { ... }] }
Mind: the items enclosed in [...] indicate optional lines: The [] itself are not part of the syntax. The grf block must be the first block within a NewGRF.
Concerning the choice of the grfid
, see these guidelines
GRF parameters
As part of the grf block you can specify some parameter settings that the user will be able to change as part of the newgrf configuration. These can for example be used to disable parts of your NewGRF or to change between multiple graphics in case that's not possible at runtime. In general the settings (sub-)block looks like
param <num> { <name> { type: <type>; name: <string>; desc: <string>; min_value: <expression>; max_value: <expression>; def_value: <expression>; bit: <expression>; names: { 0: <string>; 1: <string>; . . . }; } }
Looking at the single entries:
<num>
Optional, you can specify in which param number this setting should be stored.
type
This defines the parameter type. Possible values are bool
for on/off statements or int
for positive integer values
name
This gives the parameter name as shown in the parameter configuration dialogue of OpenTTD.
desc
This gives the description which is displayed when the parameter is selected. Here you can explain the meaning and impact it will have
min_value
The minimum acceptable value for the parameter (only valid for type int), default of min_value is 0
max_value
The maximum acceptable value for the parameter (only valid for type int), default of max_value = 0xFFFFFFFF
def_value
This sets the default value for this parameter. If left out, the default value of 0 will be used.
bit
Only valid for settings with type "bool". The value is the bit in which this setting should be stored.
names
If you chose type int
and the numbers themselves are only used internally, have no direct numerical meaning and are better explained in words, you can use this to associate the single numbers with a string which describes it and is shown to the user instead of the value.
A simple example
grf { grfid: "AB\03\02"; name: string(STR_GRF_NAME); desc: string(STR_GRF_DESC); url: string(STR_GRF_URL); version: 1; min_compatible_version: 0; param { param_provide { type: int; name: string(STR_PARAM_PROVIDE); desc: string(STR_PARAM_PROVIDE_DESC); min_value: 0; max_value: 1; def_value: 0; names: { 0: string(STR_PARAM_PROVIDE_ENGINES_AND_WAGONS); 1: string(STR_PARAM_PROVIDE_WAGONS_ONLY); }; } } }